10-letter words containing s, d, a
- afterdecks — Plural form of afterdeck.
- afterwards — If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned.
- afterwords — Plural form of afterword.
- agendaless — without an agenda; unplanned; purposeless
- aggrandise — to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
- aids virus — a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
- airbrushed — Simple past tense and past participle of airbrush.
- alaska cod — a cod, Gadus macrocephalus.
- albondigas — Small meatballs, prepared in the Mexican, Spanish, or South American way.
- alcibiades — 450–404 bc, Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War: brilliant, courageous, and unstable, he defected to the Spartans in 415, but returned and led the Athenian victories at Abydos (411) and Cyzicus (410)
- alderflies — Plural form of alderfly.
- aldis lamp — a portable lamp used to transmit Morse code
- aldohexose — any aldose containing six carbon atoms, such as glucose or mannose
- aldotriose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde.
- alessandra — a female given name, Italian form of Alexandra.
- alessandri — Jorge [hawr-he] /ˈhɔr hɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, Chilean engineer and statesman: president 1958–64.
- alessandro — Victor Nicholas, 1915–76, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- alexanders — a biennial umbelliferous plant, Smyrnium olusatrum, native to S Europe, with dense umbels of yellow-green flowers and black fruits
- alexandros — Alexander (def 2).
- alisanders — Alternative form of alexanders (plant).
- allis shad — a now rare migratory species of fish (Alosa alosa) of European coastal waters that travels up rivers to spawn: family Clupeiformes
- almandines — Plural form of almandine.
- aloes wood — eaglewood
- amazedness — the quality of being amazed
- ambassador — An ambassador is an important official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country's interests there.
- ambuscaded — Simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade.
- ambuscader — a person waiting in ambush; an ambusher
- ambuscades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambuscade.
- ambystomid — Also called mole salamander. any of various small- to moderate-sized salamanders of the genus Ambystoma, terrestrial or semiaquatic, inhabiting North America from New England to Florida and westward to Texas.
- amendments — the act of amending or the state of being amended.
- aminoacids — Plural form of aminoacid.
- ampersands — Plural form of ampersand.
- amphidamas — a son of Aleus who, with his brother Cepheus, joined the Argonauts.
- amplidynes — Plural form of amplidyne.
- amplitudes — Plural form of amplitude.
- anadromous — (of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed
- analogised — Simple past tense and past participle of analogise.
- analysands — Plural form of analysand.
- andalusian — from or relating to Andalusia
- andalusite — a grey, pink, or brown hard mineral consisting of aluminium silicate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in metamorphic rocks and is used as a refractory and as a gemstone. Formula: Al2SiO5
- andamanese — Also, Andaman. Also called Andaman Islander. a member of a physically distinctive people that comprise the indigenous population of the Andaman Islands.
- androgynes — Plural form of androgyne.
- andropause — the period, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55, during which a man's testosterone levels may fall, leading to a reduction in vigour and sexual drive
- androspore — the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- angel dust — PCP1
- anglicised — Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhydrides — Plural form of anhydride.
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.